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MAINE.

Government.— Maine was admitted into the Union on March 3, 1820. There is a Legislature of two Houses, the Senate, consisting of 31 members, and the House of Representatives with 151 members, both Houses being elected at the same time for two years. The suffrage is possessed by all registered male citizens of the United States, 21 years of age, who can read English and write his own name ; but paupers and un-taxed Indians have no vote.

Governor.— Percival P. Baxter, 1921-23 (5,000 dollars).

Secretary of State.— Frank W. Ball.

For local government the State is divided into 16 counties, subdivided into towns, cities, plantations and various unincorporated places. The State Capital is Augusta.

Area, Population, Education. — Area, 33,040 square miles, of whir h

29,895 square miles is land. Census population on January 1, 1920, 768,014.

Years

Population

Tears

Populat

Jon

ToUl Per so,, toil*

ToUl

742,371 768,014

Per sq. mil*

1880 1900

648,986 217 694,466 23 2

1910 1920

24 8

25-7

The pop

illation by sex and race in 1910 was : —

-

White

Negro Asiatic

Indian

ToUl

Male. Female

37 o, 766

700 663

tCT

7,061

365,019

Total

739,995

1,363 m

1 80S

742,371

The foreign-born population numbered 110,133, of whom 40,905 were English Canadian, 35,013 French Canadian, 7,890 Irish and 5,645 English. Within the State, especially in the north, there is a strong French and French-speaking element.

The largest city in the State is Portland with an census population of 69,196 in 1920. Other cities and towns (with population in 1920) are: Lewiston, 31,707 ; Bangor, 25,948 ; Biddeford, 18,008 ; Auburn, 16,985 ; Augusta, 14,144 ; Bath, 14,731 : Waterville, 13,351. Of the total population in 1910, 559 per cent, was urban.

The largest religious body is Roman Catholic ; then come Baptists, Con- gregationalists, Methodists, and Protestant Episcopalians.

Education is free for pupils from 5 to 21 years of age, and compulsory from 5 to 14. Cities and towns have elective school attendance com- mittees. In 1920 the 4,567 public elementary schools had 4,779 teachers and 116,719 enrolled pupils. The 207 public high schools had 892 teachers and 19,225 pupils. For the training of teachers in 1920 there were five public Normal Schools with 53 teachers and 560 students. The University of Maine, founded in 1S68 at Orono, had (1919) 155 professors and tpachn\>